Is your organization’s depth and breadth of diversity – gender, age, abilities, ethnicity, and more – keeping pace with that of your customers and prospects? Heads-up! By 2014, the workforce will include four generations, with 47% younger than 35. By 2024, a billion women will comprise the third most economically powerful emerging market, behind India and China. Will your D&I policies and practices be ready?

According to Toni Wilson, the notion of “climbing the corporate ladder” and having a career with only one organization is outdated and disconnected from how potential employees think about employment today.

R “Ray” Wang poses this challenge: “52% of the Fortune 500 have disappeared since 2000. Where will your business be in 2015?”

Debbie Schmidt, a member of SAP Business Women’s Network and SAP Global Customer Operations Diversity Committee, observes firsthand that Diversity and Inclusion aren’t burdens to bear – they are vital for a company’s long-term future.

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